ASCS Sprints on Dirt Membership Meeting on March 1

TULSA, Okla. (February 13, 2008) - The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz will be holding its 2008 series membership meeting on Saturday, March 1 at 3:00pm.

The meeting will be held at the Plant and Soil Sciences Building Conservatory located on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. The meeting is an opportunity for teams and officials to visit before the season begins and inform everyone on the changes for 2008. Memberships, rulebooks and decals will be available for race teams along with other information about the upcoming campaign.  All teams participating in the 2008 ASCS SOD series are encouraged to attend.

The Conservatory is located east of US 127 at the Trowbridge Road exit (Exit 9). From US 127, travel east on Trowbridge Road, cross Harrison Avenue and stay on Trowbridge until the first traffic circle and turn right (east) on Wilson Road. Take Wilson Road east, cross Farm Lane and turn right (south) on Bogue Street. Once on Bogue Street, the Conservatory is on the right side of the road before the railroad tracks. Parking is available either in the Children’s Garden or across the street in the Veterinary Building Parking. The Conservatory is a glass building attached to the back of the Plant and Soil Science Building.

A detailed map is available at: http://www.hrt.msu.edu/gardens/Web%20Pages/Directions%20&%20Parking_mapc.htm.

In its 29th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing, the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints On Dirt presented by Victor Reinz will sanction 26 nights of action at 14 different tracks throughout Michigan, Ohio and Ontario.

The American Sprint Car Series is the nation's most predominant Sprint Car sanctioning body. In 2007, a total of 866 different drivers competed in at least one ASCS event with the series sanctioning 189 nights of racing at 90 different tracks throughout 25 different states and Canada.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:  THOMAS J. SCHMEH, 641-842-6176

KNOXVILLE NATIONALS TICKETS AVAILABLE
FOR NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM’S SECOND FLOOR

KNOXVILLE, IOWA  (February 13, 2008)  -  Tickets for the second floor viewing area of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame are now available to museum members and supporters for all four nights of the 48th annual Super Clean Knoxville Nationals, August 6-9.  The four-day ticket package costs $346, and allows the ticket-holder to sit in a non-smoking, air-conditioned environment on the second floor of the museum for the Wednesday-Saturday national championships.  Only 150 tickets will be sold for the second floor.

Second floor tickets are available for all racing events on the Marion County Fairgrounds, including Knoxville’s midget car, dirt late model, 305-, 360- and 410-cubic-inch sprint car national championships.  In addition, a limited number of 5-seat quarter-suites, 10-seat half-suites, and 20-seat full suites are available on the museum’s third and fourth floors for the entire racing season.

Those individuals interested in watching races from the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum are urged to e-mail Tom Schmeh at tschmeh@sprintcarhof.com or call him toll-free at 1-800-874-4488.